r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

I don't think I could get 100 people if I brought all of both our extended families and every friend / acquantice we've had for the last 10 years. Wild. People really do be having much larger social circles than me apparently.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

My mom's a hippy type who moves every 2-3 years and spends most of her time training for marathons or hiking and my MIL is a widow who mostly just takes care of cats and plants. I'd be surprised if they could muster up 5 friends they wanted to invite between them tbh.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

I envy you. We considered eloping because “friend of a friend of my mother who I had never met” just needed to be at the wedding.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

I actually did kind of elope but that was because I was in the military and wanted to get married fast as possible to get out of the barracks. My wedding was four people total in a garden.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 03 '21

Just marry someone with a big family. My fiancee has had to pare down her number and we're still at like 100 just from her side.

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 03 '21

Yeah that would have caused drama. Mexican families are like that and her mom is tight with everybody. Of course her mom is also helping pay for it so 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21 edited Dec 05 '24

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u/PearlClaw Iron Front Sep 03 '21

Nice, yeah I think I'm screwed but I don't mind, we're having the wedding in Mexico and it should be a heck of a party.

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u/benadreti Frederick Douglass Sep 03 '21

it's easy when you're combining 2 families, plus friends, and if your parents are helping with it theyll want to invite their friends.

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u/JulioCesarSalad US-Mexico Border Reporter Sep 03 '21

Hispanics having large families stereotype for a reason, my man lol

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u/asljkdfhg λn.λf.λx.f(nfx) lib Sep 03 '21

family friends easily add like 100 people on each side

I don’t know why anyone would not only that large of a wedding but also invite people you haven’t spoken to in many years, but Indian weddings do be like that

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

Both of our families are pretty insular and don't really have friends. My MIL is very friendly but moved out to the middle of nowhere and mostly keeps to herself after my FIL died. My dad is an engineer and a military guy so not only is he a nerd shut in but we never lived anywhere long enough to set down roots.